72 THE MINIATUEB FRUIT ■ GARDEN. 



have from 4,840 trees, f;rn\\iiif; on one acre of ground, 

 302 busliels of fine apples, worth 5s. per bushel, or 

 £^. Ill 1866, the trees then averiifiini; half-a-peck 

 each, would double this sum, and make an acre of 

 apple trees a very agreeable and eligible investment. 

 The kinds likely to sell best in the markets, and 

 which are most jiniductivc, lire the following : — Cnx's 

 Orange Pippin, lieinette Van Muiis, Kili-toii Pippin, 

 Stunner Pippin, Scarlet Nonpareil, and Dutch Mi- 

 gnonne ; these are dessert apples. The following are 

 valuable kitchen apples, and abundant bearers : — 

 Ilawthomden, Xew Hawthomden, Sin all's Admi- 

 rable, Cox's Pomona, Keswick didlin, Dumelow"s 

 Seedling, Lord Suffield, Norfolk Bearer, Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, and purge Apple. Smli large varieties 

 as Bedfordshire Foundling, Blenheim Orange, and 

 Warner's King, shoultl have more space, and be 

 planted four feet apart, and be thinned out by remo- 

 val, as rccommcn(lc<l for jicar trees, three feet apart, 

 for wliich see p. 54. The proper method of planting 

 and managing these bush apple trees is exactly that 

 recommended fur bush pear trees on quince ^tl>cks. 



It may be by some made a question of expense, for 

 although the return must bo large and ]>rofitable. the 

 purchase of nearly 5,iii'i' apple trees would involve a 

 large outlay. To this I reply — tirst.that stocks cost- 

 ing only a small sum per 1,000 may be planted and 

 grafted where the trees are to grow pcrmaueutly; 

 and, second, that a large demand which my method 

 of plaiiling Would create will also create a cheap su]v 

 ])ly. The preiiaration of an aero of grouml should be 

 us follows : — It ahould jiri'vious to planting, be forked 



